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Large sections of the PR industry are using Twitter prolifically, but Immediate Future MD Katy Howell argued that many PR professionals are failing to get the most out of the platform.

Howell said: ‘Diving head-first into the social media space is risky, if you don’t take the time to understand the environment and its nuances, you risk getting things badly wrong and damaging your brand reputation.’